Vehicle-wheel



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CHARLES DRAULY, OF CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND TOM DEATS, JOSEPH CHAPMAN, AND F. VANDERVOORT, ALL OF DIMMIT COUNTY, TEXAS."

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,040, dated September 26, '1882,

Appneaun ined Ju'ne 22, isst. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DRAULY, of Carrizo Springs, in the county of Dim mit and State et' Texas, have invented a new and Improved Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved wheel composed of sections which can conveniently be taken apart for transportation and united for use.

The invention consists of a hub formed of a tube provided with an annular shoulder, and having its outer end threaded, on which threaded end a nut is screwed, between the wider inner end of which nut andthe shoulder of the tube the inner ends of; the spokes are clamped, cushion bandsand rings and metal bands and rings being interposed between the ends and sides of the spokes and the tube, its shoulder, and'the inner end of the nut.

Theinvention further consists in arini formed of sheet metal bent or folded to form a head and web of double thickness, which web is provided with sockets for theouter ends of the spokes.

The invention also consists in certain parts l, and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be `had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved wheel. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same, parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the hub.

The hub is formed of a, tube, A, adapted to receive the axle B, and provided with au annular shoulder, C, the outer end part of this tube A. being externally threaded to adapt screwing thereon an internally-threaded nut, D, provided with an enlarged inner end. A cushion-layer, E, of rubber is placed around the tube A, adjoining the shoulder C, and this cushion-layer E is surrounded by a layer, F, of

sheet metal, upon which the lower or inner end,

surfaces of spokes I rest, the inner ends ot' these spokes being formed wedge-shaped, and the beveled sides of the spokes resting against each other," as shown, so that there will be no spaces between the beveled surfaces of the spokes. Aiiatrubbercushion-ring,G,isplaced against the end surfaces of the shoulder G, and against the inner end surface of the nut D, and over these cushion-rings Gr at metal rings H are placed, which metal rings H rest against i is formed of composition nsheet metal, which ism bent to t'orm a fiat head, K', of double thickness, and a web, K2, projecting from the inner surface of Vthe rim, and also of double thickness, which thicknesses of the web are united by rivets or bolts L, suitably spaced. At suit able intervals the two thicknesses of this web K2 are separated to form sockets Q to receive the cylindrical ends M of the spokes I. A tire, N, which is slightly curved in cross-section, is shrunk on the rim K. The rear end of the hub isV provided with a threaded recess, and the i11- ner end of this recess rests against a washercollar, O, screwed on the aXle, and a nut, P, is screwed into this recess, so that the washercollar O will be between the nut P and the hub, as shown in Fig. 2. The front end of the tube A is closed to form a receptacle for the lubricant. The hub, washer, rim, Ste., are made of composition of 'metal that will not bend, break,`or rust. The cushions at the sides of the wheel permit the wheel to give, in place of starting or cracking any part of it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l l. In a wheel, the combination, with the screw-threaded tube' A, provided with an annular shoulder, C, of the screw-threaded sleeve D, having its inner end ared coincidently with the shoulder C and closed at its outer end, said inclosure being cast or formed integral with the sleeve, substantially as shown and de scribed, and for the purpose set forth.

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2. In a Wheel, the combination, with the tube A, provided with an annular shoulder, G, of the spokes I, the cushion-layer vE, the metal layer F on the same, and the nut D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose'set forth.

3. In a Wheel, the combination, with the tube A, provided With an annular shoulder, C, of the spokes I, the cushion-layer E, the` metal layer F, the dat cushion-rings G, the flat metal rings H, and the nut D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

.4. In a Wheel, the combination, With the tube A, provided with an annular shoulder, C, of the spokes I, the cushion-layer E, the metal layer F, the at cushion-rings Gr, and the dat metal rings H, provided with an external arinular ridge, J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a wheel, the combination, with the tube A, provided vwith an annular shoulder, C, and having its outer end closed, of the spokes I and the nut D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a wheel, a rimv made of sheet metal folded to form a head of double thickness and a web of double thickness, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a wheel, the combination, with the hub and spokes, of a rim made of sheet metal folded to form a head of double thickness and a web of double thickness, and sockets in this web for the outer ends of the spokes, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES DRAULY.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. ELLEDGES, J AMES M. DAvis. 

